Horses were introducted to this part of the world mainly by the Spaniards. The first ones came with the Conquerors and after that, and thanks to these great plains, the horse became the best friend to the man in the new world.
Through this mixture of civilizations the Argentine horses -named criollos- became the best transportation for the new Argentine thanks to its tireless endurance.
In the first quarter of the past century Argentine cattle barons purchased from England and France the best thoroughbred horses of that moment, champions from England like Diamond Jubelee and Cyllene among many others that placed Argentina as an important thoroughbred horse breeder country.
Many Argentine bred horses won important races around the globe, about which we´ll later inform in this blog .
Criollos, plus the best English Thoroughbred, became an explosive coctail to create the Argentine polo horses, but a patient and passionate love of Argentine horsemen for these horses gave the secret element for this worldly known success.
Darwin, Tesio and other talented connoisseurs came to this country and saw the vast Pampas and their people. Be a part of this incredible journey for horse lovers.

Coming soon

This blog will place you in the Argentine Pampas, one of the most extensive plains in the world where these horses are raised in the most natural way.

Argentina is a horse country, you will see in this page how these horses are bred for these sports.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Polo Confirmed by AAP for Sunday


The argentine service informed that no more heavy rains are forecast for today, after yesterdays heavy rains in the Buenos Aires area that started in the final chukkas of the second game, due to the lack of rains of the precedent days I can expect to have polo today at Palermo.

Some players yesterday told that the field was in perfect condition but dry, that didnt give good grip for the horses( a couple fall down by this reason, but with no injuries).

I have confirmation for today match by the AAP.

Todays matchs are (for Zone B):

Match 3 : Ellerstina vs. Alegria, that starts at 01.45 PM
Ellertina with Ignacio Heguy as number 3 and Gonzalo as back (new disposition! ) plays against a difficult team (with experince and good horse specially in Aguerre and De Narvaez), but will be nice to see Ellerstina again with this new formation, with the excelence of their players and horses.

Match 4 : Estancia Grande vs. Indios Chapaleufu II, starts at 4.45 PM
Indios Ch. II is back again for its 27th time in the Argetnine Open a lot more madure now (obviously!) but with the new blood of Alejandro Novillo Astrada and Julio Arellano (after the depart of Ignacio Heguy to Ellertina) but infront will be the challenger for this zone B, Estancia Grande that posses the will and the caracter to play their best polo in the field 1 of Palermo (thats not easy!), if so it could be a nice match to attend and find a clue to see if they can stop Ellerstina!.

Posted by Alex Suarez Lynch at 6:10 AM